Uporabnik:Matjazgregoric/peskovnik: Razlika med redakcijama

V svojih dvajsetih letih se je Randi predstavljal [[Astrologija|astrolog]] in celo delal enostavne trike. Tako je pod psevdonimom "Zo-ran" nekaj časa pisal astrološko kolumno v kanadskem tabloidu Polnoč, in v njej preprosto premeščal odseke iz časopisnih astroloških člankov in jih naključno prilepil v svoje besedilo.<ref>[[#Randi 1982c|Randi 1982c]], pp. 230–231. Randi reprints two newspaper columns from the ''[[Toronto Telegram|Toronto Evening Telegram]]'' of August 28, 1950, and August 14, 1950, by Wessely Hicks about Randall Zwinge's psychic predictions. The earlier column states that "Mr. Zwinge said he first became aware that he possessed Extra Sensory Perception when he was nine years old."</ref><ref>[[#Randi 1982a|Randi 1982a]], pp. 61–62</ref> V svojih tridesetih je delal v [[Velika Britanija|Veliki Britaniji]], [[Evropa|Evropi]], [[Filipini|filipinskih]] nočnih klubih in po vsej [[Japonska|Japonski]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Randi |first=James |date=May 19, 2006 |title=Filipino Justice |journal=Swift |type=Newsletter |accessdate=June 15, 2009 |url=http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-05/051906sylvia.html#i13 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091007175115/http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-05/051906sylvia.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2009 }}</ref> Takrat je bil priča številnim trikom, ki so bili predstavljeni kot nadnaravni. Ena njegovih prvih takih izkušenj je bil evangelist, ki je z uporabo tehnike branja kuvert "ena naprej" "<ref name="Time01">{{cite news|title=Fighting Against Flimflam|first=Leon|last=Jaroff|authorlink=Leon Jaroff|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,149448,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=June 24, 2001|accessdate=June 18, 2007|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930142033/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,149448,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|archivedate=September 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> cerkvenike prepričeval v svojo božansko moč.<ref name="Taft">{{cite news|first=Philip B., Jr.|last=Taft|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/nyregion/a-charlatan-in-pursuit-of-truth.html|title=A Charlatan in Pursuit of Truth|work=The New York Times|date=July 5, 1981|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035857/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/nyregion/a-charlatan-in-pursuit-of-truth.html|archivedate=September 30, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

 

[[File:RandiFork.jpg|thumb|Vilica, ki jo je ukrivil Randi]]

 

Randi was a frequent guest on the [[Long John Nebel]] program on [[New York City|New York]] radio station [[WOR (AM)|WOR]], and did character voices for commercials.<ref name = CSICon/>{{rp|31:00}} After Nebel went to [[WNBC (AM)|WNBC]] in 1962, Randi was given the time slot, and from 1967 to '68 hosted ''The Amazing Randi Show''.<ref name = CSICon/>{{rp|35:00}} <ref name="Randiofficialbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/58.html|title=About James Randi Full Bio|year=2007|publisher=JREF|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}</ref> This show often had guests who defended paranormal claims, among them Randi's then-friend [[James W. Moseley]]. Randi says he quit WOR over complaints (disputed by Randi) from the archbishop of New York, that Randi had said on-air that "Jesus Christ was a religious nut."<ref name = CSICon/>{{rp|35:00}}